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When most people think of couples counseling, they think about couples that are on the verge of divorce. But the reality is that couples counseling can be extremely valuable for all types of couples. One style of couples counseling, known as pre-marital counseling, is specifically for engaged...

Navigating the dating world can be very difficult. Some say that there are plenty of fish in the sea, but if you’ve ever been out fishing you know that you can try to catch a fish all day, every day, and still turn up with nothing on the hook, and even when you do catch something one small...

College is a wonderful way to prepare for the career ahead of you. But it’s also imperfect, and most college students know it. It’s not uncommon to see the transitions ahead and feel more than a little bit intimidated, knowing that there is so much to do in order to break into the real...

What does it take to have a healthy marriage? Ask any individual on the streets of Long Island and chances are they’ll have a different answer, or a vague answer like “good communication” that means very different things to different people. When you get married, the goal is to have your...

Spirituality is not just about religion. It is an immensely personal belief and feeling that relates specifically to how you feel with the world around you. Not everyone needs that feeling of spirituality, but those that do find that when they have lost that feeling they have lost their way, and...

Chronic illness affects more than your physical health. It affects your emotional health as well. Those that struggle with chronic illness often find that the illness itself doesn’t ruin their life as much as the depression, anxiety, and stress do, because living with chronic illness is...

Over the years, as I worked as a Long Island couples counselor, I started to notice that couples counseling in the sole context of the couple ignores a crucial component of a real relationship – that a couple is not just one entity, but also a relationship between two individuals.
That’s why...

Everyone has professional goals. Yet it often seems like every individual is also their worst enemy. It can be very hard to maintain the level of hard work and dedication necessary to be successful in your professional career, and as soon as you start to slip, so too does to your ability to reach...

There is perhaps no time as emotionally difficult in a person’s life as the young adult. From the end of high school to early college/working age, teenagers go through a considerable amount of change and stress. They’re not quite experienced adults, but they’re no longer children, and...

Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can be a tremendous challenge. The “obsessions” (recurring, persistent thoughts that cause stress) can impact your life each and every day, and the compulsions can be embarrassing, frustrating, and often lead to further life stress.
OCD is also a...